Nitre, Earths, and Foreign Methods in Pottery or Gunpowder
A letter discusses nitre production across nations, contrasting France and Poland. It notes French earths for saltpeter, Tartars’ heaps once found, and the costly methods in Poland. The writer mocks English reliance on foreigners, claiming tuition and secrecy hinder domestic progress, urging self-reliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Poland
Petre
Earth
Boyle
W. Rawleigh
Perre
Tam
Cardon
Obsolete Letter Critiques Dunkirk Governor and French Attitudes
A reader in the London Evening Post condemns the Dunkirk governor for unjust treatment of English residents and predicts continued insults from other powers. The writer, Bog SHORT, laments submission to France and warns that a spiritless people invite further injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunkirk
France
Suburban skirmish scenes and notices from London
A broad London chronicle reports a Shoemaker in St Giles injured by a bayonet, rising anti French trade sentiment, aristocratic movements including the Duke of Bedford and Duchess of Hamilton, and notices of Parliament reforms. It lists provincial unrest, import export data, bread prices, and local misfortunes alongside river and harbor shipping news for May 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Giles’s
Duke of Bedford
Wooburn Abbey
Bedfordshire
Bath
Duchess of Hamilton
Scoland
Lord Holland
Piccadilly
Greenwich
Kingsga‘e
Near
Germany
West Florida
New Orleans
John Steward
Supe
Minisfijpi
Fort de Choiseuil
Lyne
Dorkeshire
Lord Mayer
Thames
Bridge
Dantzick
Peter Farmas
Bergen
Oporto
France
Jamaica
Lisbon
Gibraltar
Laly
Holland
Dant- Deal
Blyth
Fyall
Lamb
Bown
Plymouth
The Devil's Gap Trap For Lawyers on Great Queen Street
Satirical verse on Devil’s Gap and legal corruption. A speaker warns that Satan aims to widen the passage into the law, luring clerks and judges with ease and costless access, challenging the old perilous narrow path. The piece mocks lawyers and calls out the claim that the Devil is an “af” with a new trap for the legal world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen-street
Lincolns-Inn- Field
Satan
Hell
Milton
Rell
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Lonpon
Gafar
Academicus
Lonocdon
Almon
Paris
Ludgate-hill
Tower
Bloomsbury Square
Holbourn
London-bridge
India
Ditcu
Ditty
Dito
Ooizzo India An
Bk An
Ditro
Ditto Navy
Navy
Via
Guildwall
City of London
Lnd
Epward Grose
J. Dodflzy
Pall-Mall
Thomas Peirce
Hulliver Square
London
Hamsels
Carter
Scar- Alley
Fenchurch-Street
Cadell
Bristol
Wilson
York
Burton
Aynho
Northamptonshire
James Hoey
Parliament Street
Serene Fizhrer
Prince of Orange
Naan
Christ
Pawaenger MoswLin
Archibald Siaaclalne
A. Millar
Lis Majesty
Royal Lecters
Parcar
Cholicky Amt
Ain
Croec
Ford
J. Jumper
Deanscety
Gerrard Street
St. Ann's
Soha
Viassis
Qudnani’s
Charchall
Stradl
Wists
St. Paul’s Church-Yar
Ratnbaw
Corniil
Likewits, Woolitale and
Princing
Hill
Baldwin
Pateren
Kew
Ridley
Turlington
Kuchin-Lane
Royal Exchange
Huoute
Harron-Gardes
Crof
Fleet-Street
Mr. Paille
Sidney
Maccer
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